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10.8.10
By the Numbers
the skint |
Average travel time to work for New Yorkers…
39.4 minutes
National travel time average…
25.3 minutes
Estimated number of hotel rooms in NYC…
80,899
Supermarket scanner error rate citywide…
One of every three
Percent of acceptably clean streets, June 2010…
Manhattan
94.1
Bronx
96.0
Brooklyn
92.4
Queens
96.5
Staten Island
97.8
Citywide Total
95.3
NYC greenhouse gas emission reduction in 2009 from previous year…
3.5%
Fried eggs and ham at E.A.T….
$18.50
Top Broadway box office gross, week of October 3rd…
$1,507,992 for Wicked
NYC murders in 1990 …
2262
NYC murders to date this year…
386
The best subway line…
The 7 Line
Cost per pound of sprouts from Windfall Farms at Union Square Market…
$48
Year of first statewide march on Albany for gay rights…
1971
Number of maps in the NY Public Library Map Division…
433,000+
Rank of falling in NYC's top 10 leading causes of injury-related hospitalization…
#1
Sources
Street cleanliness: NYC.gov (PDF)
Hotel rooms: nycgo.com
Supermarket scanners: NYC Dept. of Consumer Affairs
Commutes: NYC Economic Development Corp. (PDF) and The Source
Greenhouse gas emissions: NYC.gov
Fried eggs and ham: E.A.T.
Murders: NYPD (PDF; To date is as of 9/26/10)
Best subway line: Straphangers Campaign
Gay rights: Infotrue
Broadway grosses: Boffo Box
Maps: NYPL
Hospitalization: NYC Dept. of Health (PDF)
    
Today on Wish You Were Here:
Le Clos Montmartre
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skint - adj. british slang (1930-35)
lacking funds, broke, bust, stone-broke, impecunious
Around town this weekend, courtesy of the skint: a daily listing of free and cheap things to buy, see, do and eat in New York.
 fri-sun 3-9pm: the park avenue armory transforms into a huge indoor carnival, complete with a 50-foot ferris wheel(!), games, performers, workshops in circus acts (balloon sculpture, juggling…), more. $5 admission (rides extra).
fri-sat 1-8pm (+10/9 11am-6pm): 90+ vintage clothing + textile dealers gather at this year's manhattan vintage clothing show. metropolitan pavilion, $15 admission with email signup (reg $20).
 sat 6pm: celebrate john lennon's 70th birthday with a free screening of lennonnyc @ central park's summerstage, free
sun 8pm-4pm: glam it up as the 'bowie ball' pays homage to the starman. dj's, live music, burlesque, makeovers, costume contest, screening of the hunger, more! santos, $10 before 10pm w/ rsvp, $15 without.
it's the last weekend to enjoy governors island this season
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